• Biography/ Background

   

  • SF HEA, Advance HE
  • BHlthSc (Hons 1997), PhD (Medicine 2002), University of Adelaide

  A/Prof Tania Crotti is the Postgraduate Coordinator (PGC) Manager and Chair of the PGC committee for the Adelaide Medical School and the School of Biomedicine, aculty of Health and Medical Sciences (FHMS). Tania is a member of the School of Biomed Research Committee and Faculty Higher Degree Research (HDR) Committee. At the University level, Tania is a member of the Student Matters Subcommittee, HDR Advisory Board and a Co-Facilitator of the HDR Community of Practice.

  As an Education Specialist and Member of the Adelaide Education Academy Tania actively contributes to Adelaide Development Program for Educators and Professionals who Teach (ADEPT) activities  and Mentorship and is an Academic lead on the Mixed Cohort Learning Group.
  

  Tania was awarded a BHealthSci (Hons) in 1997 then worked as a Research assistant in the Department of Pathology, University of Adelaide before completing her PhD on “The mechanisms responsible for pathological bone remodeling in inflammatory conditions” in 2002 (funded by a Dora Lush, NHMRC Scolarship).  

  Tania subsequently worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston USA.  She was awarded a CJ Martin, NHMRC Fellowship to characterise the mechanisms regulating expression of the beta 3 integrin gene during osteoclast differentiation.   In 2006 Tania was awarded an American Arthritis Foundation Fellowship to investigate the role of cell-substrate interactions in regulating molecular pathways and genes associated with terminal osteoclast activation.   

  Tania returned to Adelaide during 2008 to continue her work in the emerging field of Osteoimmunology and in 2011 accepted a research:teaching position with the Anatomy and Pathology Discipline.

  While her current research focus continues to explore localised bone loss associated with diseases such as peri-implant loosening, periodontal disease and RA, recent work has extended to understanding the mechanisms of pain in inflammatory arthritis, assessment of the impacts of chemotherapy on bone, the language of pain in pelvic conditions, patient experience in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, and well being support for military.  In the scholarship of teaching, Tania is particularly interested in authentic assessment and well-being relating to the undergraduate and post-graduate student experience.

   

  Collaborations include teaching and medical research groups from the University of Adelaide, Women's and Childrens Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre, Joanna Briggs Institute, Military and Emergency Services Health Australia.

  Techniques available in the lab and in conjunction with collaborators include, but are not limited to;
  

  • Real time quantivative PCR
  • Immunohistochemistry, ELISA
  • Micro Computer Tomography
  • In vitro cell culture assays
  • Animal/human models of rheumatoid arthritis, periodontal disease, peri-implant loosening
  • Analysis of Patient Reported Experience/Outcome Measures
  • Systematic review

  List of publications (limited from pubmed)

   

   

• Publications

  Google Scholar Link: http://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=XQYUbOgAAAAJ&hl=en

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 15 Aug 2023

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